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DTP Part 84

You Brought Me BackWritten on: September 9, 2004 (age seventeen)

I once was down and drearyHurt so many times beforeI didn’t want to get trapped againOnly to find myself torn and hurt againSo I was secluded and distantKeeping myself from showing my true colorsWearing a mask with a smileYet beneath there were tearsI wanted the loveBut I didn’t want the hurtI was friendly and honest to a pointBut no one really knew how I feltNo one but meYou came into my life as a surpriseA dream come trueI slowly started realizingIt was you who was missing all along

I remember I was sitting backTrying to stay out of the crowdYou walked in and looked aroundI watched you say helloTo all your friendsBut when our eyes metIt seemed as all else disappearedYou came to meAlone in my cornerIgnoring all the noise behind youYour friends were trying to call you backYou reached my side and sat beside meLeaning against me like we’ve known each otherForever

We sat in silenceSharing the solitude of the dark cornerMinutes had passed as I started to feelIt seemed as if we both felt itThe pull that had caused you to walk across the roomWas the same pull that caused us to turnTo start talking with familiarityFinding out anything and everything

We were connected instantlyIt didn’t feel like we had just metIt felt like you knew everything about meYou seemed to bring me outFrom behind my maskYou brought me out of my sorrowYou made me feel alive againAnd I’m genuinely smiling againYou brought me back to happiness

We never partedNothing could separate usI found myself falling in love againBut this time it was differentBecause I knew you wouldn’t hurt meAnd when you told me you felt the sameMy heart seemed to soarAnd I finally complete